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(Subscription Only) Title: Video shows disorganized response to Fukushima accident Source: AJW by The Asahi Shimbun Date: August 7, 2012
[...] it becomes clear that [Fukushima plant chief] Yoshida’s measures will not work. Hearing that, [Tepco president] Shimizu gives instructions to use the measures called for by Madarame [chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan]. Work proceeds according to Madarame’s instructions, but the valve does not open immediately and valuable time slips by. In the end, the situation remains serious, as neither measure has worked. At 4:57 p.m. [on March 14, 2011], Shimizu gives instructions to those at the Fukushima plant to carry on their response while keeping in mind the worst-case scenario. Those at Fukushima say such a scenario would unfold in about two hours if nothing is done. At 7:27 p.m., more than two hours later, discussion among those at TEPCO headquarters is centered on the possibility that all of the fuel rods have become exposed. At that time, Akio Komori, the managing executive director, who is at the off-site center in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, mentions evacuation. “Please proceed with the consideration of evacuation standards, because unless a decision is made somewhere about whether workers should remain at the central operating room something terrible will happen,” he says. While discussions are being held about evacuating workers from the plant, there is agreement that all of the fuel rods at the No. 2 reactor were exposed above water at 6:22 p.m. [...]
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it becomes clear that [Fukushima plant chief] Yoshida’s measures will not work. Hearing that, [Tepco president] Shimizu gives instructions to use the measures called for by Madarame [chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan].
Work proceeds according to Madarame’s instructions, but the valve does not open immediately and valuable time slips by.
In the end, the situation remains serious, as neither measure has worked.
At 4:57 p.m. [on March 14, 2011], Shimizu gives instructions to those at the Fukushima plant to carry on their response while keeping in mind the worst-case scenario. Those at Fukushima say such a scenario would unfold in about two hours if nothing is done.
At 7:27 p.m., more than two hours later, discussion among those at TEPCO headquarters is centered on the possibility that all of the fuel rods have become exposed.
At that time, Akio Komori, the managing executive director, who is at the off-site center in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, mentions evacuation.
“Please proceed with the consideration of evacuation standards, because unless a decision is made somewhere about whether workers should remain at the central operating room something terrible will happen,” he says.
While discussions are being held about evacuating workers from the plant, there is agreement that all of the fuel rods at the No. 2 reactor were exposed above water at 6:22 p.m.
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